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RIN: 1293-AA07

Publication ID: Spring 2002

Title: Annual Report from Federal Contractors
Abstract: The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) issued a final rule implementing changes required by the Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998. The Act requires non-exempt Federal contractors and subcontractors with a contract in the amount of $25,000 or more to report their efforts toward hiring and employment of qualified veterans. The Act adds an additional category of veterans, "other veterans who have served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized," to the list of protected veterans under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended (VEVRAA). The Act also adds the requirement that covered contractors and subcontractors report their minimum and maximum number of employees. This rule will assist VETS in meeting the statutory requirement of annually collecting the VETS-100 Report. After publication VETS learned that the final rule may inadvertently increase the recordkeeping burden on some contractors. Accordingly, an interim final rule was published permitting contractors flexibility in how they determine the maximum and minimum number of employees reported. A notice has been published to request comments on best practices to determine how to calculate the minimum and maximum number of employees reported. Guidance that takes the comments into consideration will then be published.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 61-250 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: PL 105-339 Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	10/05/2000	65 FR 59683
NPRM Comment Period End	12/06/2000
Final Rule	10/11/2001	66 FR 51997
Final Rule Effective	11/13/2001
Interim Final Rule	12/19/2001	66 FR 65452
Notice	03/08/2002	67 FR 10804
Notice Comment Period End	04/08/2002

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Norm Lance Chief, Investigations and Compliance, VETS Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training S-1316, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-4731 Fax:202 693-4755